Fly Tying

      This month I started to tie my own flies. Now I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm good because I'm not. But I am going to share with you the pros and cons behind it all that I have figured out.

    Now if you fly fish, are creative, wanna make something that you could use and be proud of, or your kinda cheap this is the kinda thing you need to do. I am three out of four things on that list (cheap is the first one).
    Now it's not cheap in the beginning due to the fact that you have to buy all the tools you need like a vise, a bobbin, scissors, all sorts of special pliers, and whip finisher, or just go out and buy a kit. That stuff can add up quick. Next you have to buy the material if you haven't already bought a kit and that's cheap but it can add up. But in the long run depending on where you go when you buy the materials you can make 50 or more flies off just one thing. That's cheaper than going out and buying 50 or more flies.

  

   Next if you like being creative this is your kinda thing. Your pretty much making art that you can catch fish on. You can use a variety of colors and materials and make a variety or insects as well. And some of these flies need great detail to make them look good.

   I just started to tie my own flies this month but I didn't have to spend an arm and a leg to buy the tools because my girlfriends brother had a kit and gave it to me because he didn't use it. But today I went down to my local fly shop and bought some pheasant tail feathers, size 8 hooks, and some black thread and started to tie flies after work and that's the only stuff I bought so far I made about 10 flies on just that on feather and still have some left over. So in the long run I saved myself some extra dough so I can buy more stuff. So I highly recommend starting to tie your own flies if you don't already.